Your 5 Minute Activist Links for March 12, 2008

** Ocean Conservancy **
Last year, Ocean Conservancy activists helped convince Congress to increase funding for programs that protect sea turtles. These crucial increases were a repudiation of efforts by the Bush administration to slash funding. But here they are again, right back at it, trying to cut funding this year. Programs designed to help sea turtles and similar efforts that protect rhinos, tigers, elephants, great apes and certain migratory birds need more funding not less.

Tell Congress to increase funding for these programs and provide the additional support that these animals desperately need.

** Courage Campaign **
From the Associated Press: "Military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide has pulled its plans to build a training facility in a remote area about 45 miles east of San Diego."

Send a message of congratulations to the people of Potrero by clicking here:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/congratulations

** Wilderness Society **
The BLM is busy greasing the skids so big oil companies can commercially develop more than two million acres of oil shale and tar sands in the West, no matter that the technology is unproven and may not be commercially viable for decades.

Tell the agency these special places should be protected from the ravages of such destructive energy development - not targeted for it.